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Aventurine

Scope note

Form of quartz crystal that comes from the Ural mountains and from India, made synthetically for costume jewelry under the name of goldstone. MH

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300011154

Broader Terms used

quartz

Created

13yrs ago

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